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Move from AWS Lightsail/EC2 to Valebyte: predictable flat pricing, no surprise data-egress bills, simpler control panel.
AWS charges $0.09/GB for outbound traffic to the internet. A 1 TB-traffic month adds $90 to your bill on top of the instance. SaaS apps with large media or backups are hit hardest.
A simple 'small VPS' setup quickly grows: $30 NAT Gateway, $20 ALB, $3.65 elastic IP if unattached, $0.05/GB-month for EBS snapshots. The bill rarely matches the calculator.
Lightsail looks cheap ($3.50/512MB) but breaks at scale. EC2 prices are 2-3x higher than competitive cloud VPS for the same vCPU/RAM.
Once you wire up SQS, SNS, IAM roles, RDS, ALB, Route53 — migration involves rewriting infrastructure. Self-host the same patterns on Linux + Postgres + Caddy.
IAM is powerful but requires hours to configure correctly. For most small/mid teams, this is friction without payoff. Valebyte is a one-key login.
AWS Basic support = forum and docs. Business support = $100/mo + 10% of bill. Many teams never get a human answer when something breaks.
No marketing — actual differences. Including where they win.
Total time — 1 hour (small VPS) to 4 hours (TB-scale DB). Zero-downtime possible — steps 4-6.
For Lightsail: Console → instance → 'Snapshots' tab → 'Create snapshot'. For EC2: Create AMI from instance, also snapshot attached EBS volumes. Both incur ongoing storage cost until deleted.
Route53 → Hosted zones → select zone → 'Export to CSV'. Convert CSV to BIND format with `dnscontrol` or import directly into Cloudflare DNS for free.
Do this 24h before cutover. Visitors see new IP within 5 min instead of waiting hours for caches.
Match RAM and vCPU; disk you can grow later. Pay your preferred way (card, SEPA, USDT/BTC, MIR/SBP).
`rsync -avzP --delete /source/ root@new-server:/dest/` for files, configs, Docker volumes, and pre-dumped databases. Test first with `--dry-run`.
Postgres: `pg_dumpall | ssh new-server psql`. MySQL: `mysqldump --all-databases | ssh new-server mysql`. If on RDS: enable a 'Public access' temporarily, then `pg_dump` from your local. For Aurora: use `pg_dump --no-publications --no-subscriptions` to avoid replica errors.
Don't copy `/etc/shadow` blindly across distros — use `useradd` and copy `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`. Verify sudoers with `visudo -c`.
Same Docker Compose, Ansible playbook, or k3s manifest works on Valebyte (Ubuntu 22/24, Debian 12, AlmaLinux 9 are available). No vendor-specific lock-in.
List your existing rules → recreate via `ufw` or `nftables` on Valebyte. Test all inbound services with `nmap` from outside before going live.
Wait for old TTL to expire (5 min if you lowered earlier). Watch traffic with `tcpdump` to confirm requests are arriving on the new server.
Don't shut down the old side immediately. Watch error rates, latency, customer complaints. If something breaks — flip DNS back instantly.
Wait until you're sure nothing references old IPs (cron jobs, webhooks, hardcoded configs in third-party services).
All plans: 10 Gbps, dedicated IP, full root, KVM console
10 Gbps unmetered, multi-region, flexible payment (card, SEPA, crypto, MIR). VPS in 30 seconds.